OVERFLOW Copy link • OVERFLOW 1. s. abundantia; affluentia. 2. INTRANS., PROPR., redundare (overflow anything that contains water, that streams over): abundare (of things when they are already full, and their contents exceed the usual quantity): exundare (to flow over; of boiling water, Plin.): restagnare (of standing waters; also, passive = to be overflowed, late is locus restagnat, Caes.). IMPROPR., To overflow with anything, se effundere or (mid.) effundi in aliquid. To overflow with wealth, in omnium rerum affluentibus copiis vivere; circumfluere omnibus copiis, atque in omnium rerum abundantia vivere: to overflow with joy, exsultare laetitia: triumphare gaudio: incredibili gaudio esse elatum, etc.: overflowing, effusus (e.g., laetitia). In overflowing measure [Vid: ABUNDANCE]. TRANS., of streams, super ripas redundare or effundi; extra ripas dimuere; alveum excedere: to be overflowed, superfundi and post-Augustan, effundi (e.g., effusa loca restagnare): inundare (e.g., Tiberis agros inundavit). IMPROPR., of nations “overflowing” a country (Shens.), inundare (Justinus); se superfundere in terras.